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UNITED STATES CHARLES DE QUILLFELDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR IO HENRY W.

'PATENT Darien.

PUTNAM, 0F SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION lforming part of Letters Patent No. 260,850, dated July 11, 1882.

Application filed May 22, 1882. (Model.)

FELDT, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers, of which the 'following is a specication,

This invention has reference to an improved' bottle-stopper ot' that class in which a compound stopper consisting of an elastic bottom portion and a rigid cap-piece or Ahead is forced by the joint action of a bail or yoke, an operating and locking lever, and an inter1nediate mechanism into the mouth of the bottle,

4all the operating devices being so connected with each other and with the bottle that they .are not disconnected from the bottle in opening orclosing the same; and the invention consists of a stopper having a cap-piece with raised lugs, said stopper being connected to an operating and locking lever by means of links which are pivoted to the lugs and lever. The lever is further pivoted to a bail or yoke that is applied to supporting devices of the bottle-neck at a point opposite to the pivotconnection of the lugs and links.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents'an end elevation of my improved bottle-stopper. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing the -stopper partly withdrawn from the mouth of thebottle. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section of the same; and Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are side and end views of modified constructions ot' the actuating mechanism of the stopper. v

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. j

In the drawings, A represents a compound stopper, which is made, in the usual manner, of an elastic bottom portion and of a rigid cappiece or head, the latter provided with two raised parallel lugs, a a, that are cast in one piece with the cap-piece. An operating and lookin g lever, B, is pivoted to the upper transverse part of a bail or yoke, C, of inverted-U shape, which is applied at its lower ends to a band or other supporting device, D, on the neck of the bottle. The lever B is further pivoted bymeans of connecting-links b b to the lugs a a of the stopper A, the pivot-conifeetion of the lever B with the links b b and l bail O being at opposite sides to the pivot.-

connection between lugs a a and links b b.

The links b b serve to establish the connection between the lever B and the stopper-head vand facilitate the lifting out of the stopper `ifrom the mouth of the bottle, sothat free playE is given to the stopper in swinging with the bail and lever above the bottle-mouth, to one side or the other of the bottle-neck. In in- Iserting the stopper into the mouth of the bot- .,tle the links facilitate the closing ofthe bottle, as they are trst carried downward by the operating and locking lever, and form then a A movable pivot for the same,whereb v the swinging of the bail over the center is facilitated.

The cappiece of the stopperA may be made dishing or concave between the raised lugs a ato provide space for the motion of the op erating lever and links during the operation of opening or closing the bottle.

slot or recess, d, which is concentric to the pivot connecting the lever B and links b b. This slot or recess serves for the purpose of allowing thc lever to move over the transverse pivot-pin a', that connects the lugs a a andV 'the oscillating links b b, without being obstructed thereby, and also for withdrawing the stopper from or forcingitinto thebottle-mouth. The stopper A ,isY forced into the` mouth of the bottle and retained securely therein bythe action of the operating and locking lever B upon the bail or yoke, and of the intermediate link-connection upon the stopper, in connection with the bottle-neck, against which the lever strikes,so as to be stopped thereby. lBy the stopping of the lever the lower ends of the links b b are prevented from passing far enough under and to the other side of the lug-pivot to unlock the Stopper.

The operation of opening and closing takes place as follows: In opening -the lever is moved away v from the neck of the bottle, whereby the end of its slot which is farthest from the handle of `the lever is moved away from the pivot that forms the connection between the links and the lugs. At the saine time the bail is thrown into a slightly sidewise inclined position, and the lower ends of the links pass from a position below and slightly .70 The lever Bis provided with a segmentalv IOO Bol

to the left of the lug-pivots to a position bei low and slightly to the right ofthe lug-pivots,

thereby unlocking the stopper. The lever is then raised farther, lifting up the lower ends ofthe links while the upper ends of the links are turning on the lug-pivot and while the slot ofthe lever is passing along the lug-pivot until its end farthest from the handle of the lever is under the lug-pivot. The lever is then in the position shown in Fig. 2. By further throwing the lever up and over, the stopper is lifted vertically from the bottle-mouth, the end of the slot pulling directly upward against the lugpivot, while the links continue to turn'on the same pivot. Thus it is seen that the links lock and unlock the stopper by the passing of their lower ends beneath and to the left and right of their upperends, and that in opening the bottle the irst portion of the movement of the lever moves the links to unlock them, the next portion of the movement lifts the lever till its slot has a bearing under the lug-pivot, and the last portion of the movement lifts the stopper apart from the bottle. The stopper, bail, and lever are then swung to either side of the bottleneck.

1n closing the device the stopper is placed in position above the bottle-mouth. The lever B is then swung over and carried down t0- ward the neck of the bottle, whereby the connectiug-links b b are returned into pendent position. The slotted or recessed part of the lever moves along the pivot of the lugs and links until by the nal pressing down of the operating and locking lever the pivot a. assumes a position at that end of the slot or recess closer to the pivot-connection of the lever with the hail. The pivot connectingr the lever B and links b bis then at its lowermost point, below the pivot a' and at one side ot' a vertical line passing through the same, while the bail is thrown slightly to the other side of the vertical line, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. ln this position the stopper is forced with considerable power into the mouth of the bottle andretained securely therein by the doublelocking action taking place between the lever, links, lugs, and bail.

lt is obvious that in place of two oscillating links, by which the connection between the stopper and lever is established, one link may be used, which may be arranged either in a recess at the upper heavier part of the lever B, as shown clearly in Figs. 4 and 5; or the link b may be iliade ol' a U-sha1' ed'.wi1e having outwardly-bent ends, which wire is passed transversely through the lever and pivoted at the ends to the lugs of the stopper, as shown in Figs. G and 7. Thelever is in thelast modi lication not provided with a slot or recess, d; but in place thereof the lugs are curved and provided with a stop for the bail, or slotted, as desired, though I prefer the slotted lever, as thereby the lugs of the stopper are kept small and the whole appearance of the stopper is made lighter and more compact. In all cases, however, a very effective locking action is obtained by the `joint operation of the lever and its intermediate mechanism upon the bail and the stopper, as the pivot between the lever and links is thrown slightly to one side and the pivot between the lever and bail somewhat to the other side ofthe pivot-connection between the lugs and links, which forms the essen tial feature of this bottle-stoppin g device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a bail or yoke that is applied to a supporting device on the bottleneck, ot an operating and locking lever that is pivoted to the yoke, of a stopper having a cappiece with raised lugs, and of a connecting link or links pivoted to the lugs of thev cappiece and to the lever, the pivot-connection of the lugs and links being intermediately between the pivot-connections of the lever with the bail and with the links, respectively, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a bail or yoke ap plied to the neck-band of the bottle, of an operating and locking lever that is pivoted to the yoke, ofa stopper having a cap-piece with raised lugs, and of connecting-links which are pivoted to the lugs of the cap-piece and to the lever, the pivot connecting the lugs and links being intermediately between the pivot-connections of .the lever with the bail and with the links, re-

CHARLES DE QUELLFELDT.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, CARL KARP. 

